Watched an excellent programme on BBC last night which covered the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1915, in which some 200+ Scottish soldiers were killed when trains collided. According to the programme evidence for the inquiry came from people in the pay of the rail company and government, none of it was subjected to independent cross examination. This could never happen today, the BBC report concludes.
Let's 'fast forward' 100 years and review another collision, this time between two Tornado aircraft in the air. All the evidence supplied to the Crown Office comes from people in the pay of MoD, none of which has been subjected to independent cross examination. Nothing has changed.
DV